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AL HB453

Bill

Status

Passed

6/1/2023

Primary Sponsor

Stephen Hurst

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2023

AI Summary

  • Talladega County Commission shall employ, supervise, and direct a county engineer who is a qualified civil engineer devoted to maintenance and construction of county public roads, highways, bridges, and ferries.

  • County engineer must reside in Talladega County during employment, but the County Commission may waive this residency requirement by majority vote.

  • County engineer duties include employing and supervising necessary assistants, performing engineering and surveying services, maintaining accounting records, constructing new roads or modifying existing ones per county commission order, and maintaining all paved and unpaved county roads as a single unit regardless of district or beat lines.

  • Repeal of Section 2 of Act 91-522 eliminates the state highway director's role in nominating candidates for the county engineer position.

  • Act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor or upon otherwise becoming law.

Legislative Description

Relating to Talladega County; to amend Sections 1 and 3 of Act 91-522 of the 1991 Regular Session (Acts 1991, p. 923), as amended by Act 2018-101 of the 2018 Regular Session, to further provide for the employment and duties of the county engineer; and to repeal Section 2 of Act 91-522, providing for nominations to fill the position by the state highway director.

Talladega County, county engineer, employment by county commission, duties further provided.

Last Action

Enacted

6/1/2023

Committee Referrals

Local Legislation5/26/2023
Local Legislation5/9/2023

Full Bill Text

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